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Radio / CD / MP3
Los Angeles MP74 US 7 644 816 310
Seattle MP74 US 7 644 811 310
Operating instructions
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Caution: The device’s tuner is already configured at the factory for the North/South Amer- ica region (“AREA USA”). If you are outside North/South America, please select the “AREA EUR” setting. For further details, please read the section entitled “Ad- justing the tuner settings” in the “Radio mode” chapter. Attention : Le récepteur de l’autoradio est réglé par défaut sur la région Amérique du Nord / Amérique latine (« AREA USA »). Quand vous vous trouvez en dehors de l’Amérique du nord ou de l’
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2 1 3 4 5 6 7 13 12 11 10 9 8 3 DANSK PORTUGUÊS ESPAÑOL SVENSKA NEDERLANDS ITALIANO FRANÇAIS ENGLISH DEUTSCH
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CONTROLS 9 MENU button to open the basic 1 Button, to switch the device on/ settings menu (short press) off, Activate/deactivate demo mode and mute the device’s volume (long press) 2 Volume control : AUDIO button to adjust the 3 button, to unlatch the detach- bass, treble, balance, fader and able control panel X-BASS (short press) 4 NEXT button to display the next To access the DEQ+ equalizer pages of a menu, (long press). and switch memory banks in ra- ; Display dio mode < SOURCE button to star
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CONTENTS Notes and accessories ............ 7 Inverting the appearance of the display content .............................. 16 Road safety ..................................... 7 Safety notice ................................... 7 Radio mode ............................ 16 Installation ....................................... 7 Adjusting the tuner settings ........... 16 Accessories .................................... 7 Switching to radio mode ................ 17 Activating / RDS function .....
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CONTENTS MP3 mode .............................. 24 Amplifier/sub-out................... 38 Preparing an MP3-CD ................... 24 Switching the internal amplifier Switching to MP3 mode ................ 25 on/off ............................................ 38 Selecting a directory...................... 26 External audio sources .......... 38 Selecting tracks ............................ 26 Switching the AUX input on/off ...... 38 Fast searching (audible) ................ 27 Naming the AUX i
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NOTES AND ACCESSORIES For this reason, listen to your car Notes and accessories sound system at a suitable volume Thank you for choosing a Blaupunkt level during your journey. product. We hope you enjoy using this new piece of equipment. Safety notice Please read these operating instruc- The car sound system and the tions before using the equipment for device’s control panel (flip-release the first time. panel) heat up during use. The Blaupunkt editors are constantly Therefore, when removing th
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NOTES AND ACCESSORIES THEFT PROTECTION CD changers Theft protection You can obtain the following CD chang- Detachable control panel ers from accessory retailers for connec- Your device is equipped with a detach- tion to this device: CDC A 03, CDC A 08 able control panel (flip-release panel) as and IDC A 09. a theft protection measure. Compact Drive MP3 The device is worthless to a thief with- You can connect the Compact Drive out this control panel. Protect your de- MP3 instead of a CD-changer i
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THEFT PROTECTION SWITCHING ON/OFF ➮ First, pull the control panel straight Switching on/off off the device and then out towards There are various ways of switching the the left. device on/off. ● The device switches off after the Switching on/off using button control panel is detached. 1 ● All the current settings are saved. ➮ To switch on the device, press but- ● Any CD already inserted in the de- ton 1. vice remains there. The device switches on. Attaching the control panel ➮ To switch off the
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ADJUSTING THE VOLUME Adjusting the volume Risk of injury! If the power-on volume is set to maximum, the vol- You can adjust the volume in steps from ume level can be very high when the 0 (off) to 50 (maximum). device is switched on. ➮ To increase the volume, turn the If the volume was set to maximum volume control 2 clockwise. before the device was switched off and the power-on volume is set to ➮ To decrease the volume, turn the “LAST VOL”, the volume level can volume control 2 anticlockwise. b
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ADJUSTING THE VOLUME You can find out from your Blaupunkt Automatic sound dealer which navigation systems can be This feature automatically adjusts the used with your car sound system. volume of the car sound system to suit You can set the volume level at which the speed at which the vehicle is travel- telephone calls or navigation announce- ling. ments will first be heard. In order for this to work, your car sound ➮ Press the MENU button 9. system must be connected as described in the installat
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SOUND AND VOLUME DISTRIBUTION SETTINGS Adjusting the right/left volume Sound and volume distribution (balance) distribution settings ➮ To adjust the balance, press the Note: AUDIO button :. You can adjust the bass and treble indi- vidually for each audio source. “AUDIO MENU” appears in the display. ➮ Press the softkey 5 assigned to Adjusting the bass the “BALANCE” display item. ➮ Press the AUDIO button :. ➮ Move the joystick 8 up/right or “AUDIO MENU” appears in the display. down/left to adjust
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X-BASS ADJUSTING THE DISPLAY SETTINGS X-BASS Adjusting the display settings The X-BASS feature can be used to boost the bass at low volume levels. You You can adjust the display settings to can set the X-Bass boost for one of the suit the installation position in your ve- following frequencies: 32 Hz, 40 Hz, 50 hicle and your own preferences. Hz, 63 Hz or 80 Hz in steps from 0 - 6. If Adjusting the viewing angle you select the 0 setting, the X-Bass function will be deactivated. ➮ Press the MENU
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ADJUSTING THE DISPLAY SETTINGS DAY and NIGHT are displayed in the Setting the display illumination top display line together with the cur- colour (only Los Angeles MP74) rently set values. When setting the display illumination, ➮ Move the flashing selection marker you can choose one of four preset col- behind DAY or NIGHT by pressing ours or mix a colour yourself from the the joystick 8 to the left or right. RGB spectrum (red-green-blue) or se- lect a colour during a colour scan. ➮ Set the value
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ADJUSTING THE DISPLAY SETTINGS ➮ Press the softkey 5 assigned to ➮ Press the joystick OK 8 or the the “COLOR” display item. MENU button 9 to close the menu. ➮ Press the softkey 5 assigned to The settings are saved. the “USER” display item. ➮ In the following menu you can set Configuring the spectrum the red, blue and green colour analyser components yourself. To do so, The spectrum analyser in your display press the appropriate softkey 5 provides a symbolic representation of repeatedly until the
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ADJUSTING THE RADIO MODE DISPLAY SETTINGS Inverting the appearance of the Radio mode display content This device is equipped with an RDS You can invert the appearance of the radio receiver. Many of the receivable FM stations broadcast a signal that not display content. only carries the programme but also ➮ Press the MENU button 9. additional information such as the sta- ➮ Press the softkey 5 assigned to tion name and programme type (PTY). the “DISPLAY” display item. The station name appears in t
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RADIO MODE Switching to radio mode Selecting the waveband / memory bank If you are in CD/MP3 mode or CD- changer/Compact Drive MP3 mode, You can use this device to receive pro- grammes broadcast over the FM and ➮ press the TUNER button =. AM wavebands. There are four memo- The main radio menu for tuning into a ry banks for the FM waveband and three station is displayed. You can control the memory banks for the AM waveband. radio-mode functions in the radio func- Six stations can be stored in eac
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RADIO MODE ➮ Press the softkey 5 assigned to Tuning into a station the “FM” or “AM” display item to There are various ways of tuning into a adjust the sensitivity for “FM” or station. “AM”. Automatic station seek tuning ➮ Move the joystick 8 up/right or ➮ Move the joystick 8 down or up. down/left to adjust the sensitivity. The radio tunes into the next receiva- You can adjust the sensitivity in steps ble station. from 1 to 6. “SENSITIVITY 1” is the low- est setting and “SENSITIVITY 6” is the Tun
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RADIO MODE Setting the scanning time Storing stations automatically (Travelstore) ➮ Press the MENU button 9. You can automatically store the six sta- ➮ Press the softkey 5 assigned to tions offering the best reception in the the “VARIOUS” display item. region. The stations are stored in the ➮ Press the softkey 5 assigned to FMT or AMT memory bank. the “SCANTIME” display item. Note: ➮ Move the joystick 8 up/right or Any stations that were previously stored down/left to adjust the scanning in this
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RADIO MODE Deactivating PTY Programme type (PTY) To switch off the PTY function, Besides transmitting the station name, some FM stations also provide informa- ➮ Whilst the programme types are tion on the type of programme that they being displayed, press the softkey are broadcasting. Your car radio can 5 assigned to the “PTY OFF” dis- receive and display this information. play item. For example, the programme types can Selecting a programme type and be: starting seek tuning CULTURE TRAVEL JAZZ T
